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LFI parliamentarians take part in urgent question on West Bank violence

Posted 4 July, 2023 in Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
A number of LFI parliamentarians have today taken part in an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on recent violence in the West Bank. Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons LFI chair Steve McCabe MP said: "I share the distress of others at the loss of civilian life. Islamic Jihad has already claimed…

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LFI chair makes case for “focused” anti-BDS legislation in Commons debate

Posted 3 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Chris McAndrew, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons This evening, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP set out his opposition to the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel while critiquing the government's drafted Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill. Read Steve's full speech below: "I had been looking forward to this legislation. As…

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Labour sets out opposition to BDS in Commons debate

Posted 3 July, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy MP In today's second reading of the government's Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, Labour reaffirmed its opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement which seeks to delegitimise Israel, the world's only Jewish state. In her role as shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Lisa Nandy MP reiterated Labour's…

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Lisa Nandy reaffirms Labour’s opposition to BDS

Posted 28 June, 2023 in Antisemitism, Coexistence, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy MP In an interview with Jewish News last week, Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy laid out how Labour “absolutely shares” the government’s belief that boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel can be adopted in this country to “whip up hostility against the Jewish community”. Confirming her own long-held…

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In Brief: Israel “very optimistic” on normalisation with Saudis, says FM

Posted 26 June, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s foreign minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday that there was a relatively short “window of opportunity” for Israel to normalise ties with Saudi Arabia in the coming months, adding that Jerusalem was optimistic about the likelihood of a deal. “We are very…

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In Brief: Gaza radicalisation and indoctrination youth camps begin again

Posted 26 June, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Children at PIJ summer camp in Khan Younis > SAID KHATIB / AFP, via Times of Israel Terror groups in the Gaza Strip have begun operating summer camps for Palestinian youths again, including military-style training in preparation to fight against Israel. Palestinian Islamic Jihad camps require young Palestinians to parade and train with fake rifles, alongside instructions…

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Analysis: Herzog slates “illegal and immoral” settler violence

Posted 26 June, 2023 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Israeli president Isaac Herzog > Elad Brami, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, today condemned “illegal and immoral” attacks by settlers on Palestinians, as the country’s security forces vowed a crackdown on “nationalist terror”. What happened A terror attack carried out by Hamas activists near the northern West Bank settlement of Eli last…

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In Brief: Four Israelis killed and four injured in West Bank terror attack

Posted 21 June, 2023 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Hamas, Incitement, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
MDA armoured ambulance > Tewfik, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a petrol station in the central West Bank on Tuesday, killing four Israelis and wounding four others. The IDF reported that at least two gunmen carried out the attack near the settlement of Eli. One of the terrorists was shot dead at…

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In Brief: Iran praises Palestinian terrorism as leaders visit Tehran

Posted 21 June, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Ayatollah Khamenei > Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0; via Wikimedia Commons The leaders of Palestinian terror groups Islamic Jihad and Hamas were in Tehran yesterday for talks with top Iranian officials. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi received Islamic Jihad chief Ziad Nakhaleh, while Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the newly appointed secretary of Iran’s Supreme…

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In Brief: Palestinian president voices support for Uyghur repression

Posted 21 June, 2023 in Analysis, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
PA president Mahmoud Abbas. Image credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, ended a trip to China last week by voicing his support for Beijing’s repressive policies towards the Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. During the four-day visit, Abbas met China’s president and ruling Communist party head Xi Jinping. Abbas…

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